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    How to get a daily report with all backup executions

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    Jul 31, 2019
    Backup4all 5.x - 8.x
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    Backup4all creates a log file for each backup execution, log that can be also sent by email to a specified email address. Sometimes an administrator wants to get a single file with a daily report, including all Backup4all executions. This can be done from the Event Viewer service in Windows. This article explains how to obtain that report.

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    Create a filter in Event Viewer

    You can create a custom filter in Event Viewer and use it with another application to send the exported .xml by email.
    1. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer
    2. Go to Windows Logs -> Application
    3. Press the “Filter current log” button from the right side column.
    4. On the "Logged" dropdown list, select “Last 24 hours”
    5. For “Event level” select the levels you want. In this example we selected only “warning” and “error”
    6. For “Event sources” select “Backup4all 8”
      event
    1. Press OK
    2. Go to XML tab of the filter you created and copy the following part:
    \[System\[Provider\[@Name='Backup4all 8'] and (EventID=%EVENT_ID%) and TimeCreated\[(@SystemTime>'%dtDay%T00:00:00') and (@SystemTime<'%dtDay%T23:59:59')] ]]

    Export the logs matching the Event Viewer filter

    You can use the following batch to export the Event Viewer filter.
    Create a new .bat file and put the following code inside.

    ::----------------------------------------------------------------

:: @echo off

SET dtDay=%date:~-4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%

:: success events

SET EVENT_ID=256

:: warning events

:: SET EVENT_ID=258

:: error events

:: SET EVENT_ID=259

SET QUERY="*[System[Provider[@Name='Backup4all 8'] and (EventID=%EVENT_ID%) and TimeCreated[(@SystemTime>'%dtDay%T00:00:00') and (@SystemTime<'%dtDay%T23:59:59')] ]]"

echo ^<?xml version="1.0" ?^> > todays_errors.xml echo ^<events^> >> todays_errors.xml wevtutil qe Application /q:%QUERY%  /f:XML >> todays_errors.xml echo ^</events^> >> todays_errors.xml

::-------------------------------------------------------------
    The following line is from the Windows Event filter you created, you can find it on the xml tab. Replace it with your filter.
    *[System[Provider[@Name='Backup4all 8'] and (EventID=%EVENT_ID%) and TimeCreated[(@SystemTime>'%dtDay%T00:00:00') and (@SystemTime<'%dtDay%T23:59:59')] ]]"


    Applies to:

    Backup4all 5.x - 8.x